Accession Number:

AD0645107

Title:

CHARACTERISTIC EQUATIONS FOR A SUPERSONIC FLOW PROBLEM WITH MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC EFFECTS

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARNOLD ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT CENTER ARNOLD AFB TN

Personal Author(s):

• Loper, F. C.
• Lightsey, M. B.

Report Date:

1967-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

22.0

Abstract:

A derivation of the characteristic equations for supersonic inviscid flow with magnetohydrodynamic MHD forces present is given for the two- dimensional and axisymmetric cases. Workable forms of the equations relating the MHD effects are indicated for the axisymmetric problem.

Descriptors:

• *MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
• *SUPERSONIC FLOW
• AXISYMMETRIC FLOW
• ENTHALPY
• EQUATIONS
• EQUATIONS OF STATE

Subject Categories:

• Fluid Mechanics
• Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE